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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thanks everyone. She is not medicated. I exchanged another email with the teacher last night/earlier today expressing my concerns and he said he thinks her behavior got worse (as opposed to normal kids misbehaving here and there) since her cat died 2 weeks ago.

I hadn’t correlate both issues because we had the cat for only 3 weeks before she died unexpectedly of a heart attack (vet thinks) about 2 weeks ago.

My daughter had been begging for a cat for years and that cat was a sweetheart... although we have already gotten another cat, I guess the loss made a bigger impact on her than aí had previously thought.

The teacher also suggested on his own accord to give her some room to move around when she needs. And I have ordered one of those fidgety cubes and stress ball from Amazon as well.

However, while I realize her behavior has gotten really “bad” these past two weeks (as I mentioned, I get an email daily) and aí dearly hope it is because of the cat’s death (teacher insight), she DOES have an impulse control problem.

As she is going to 3rd grade AAP, I’m worried because I know 3rd grade is a turning point and more is expected from students (AAP or not, but I’m guessing AAP can be worse?).

My daughter has been begging me to take Tae Knon Do since she was six because she would like to “learn to fight.” I have always dismissed because in the back of my mind I think “yeah, all I need is for you to kick or punch someone at school!”...  I’m not familiar with martial arts, but maybe I should reconsider it? Maybe it will teach her self discipline? Or is that a myth?[/quote]

There's a number of things here to unpack.

1.  She's AAP - which means she's getting bored at the end of the day because she's finished her work and she can't sit still.  Normal for ADHD kids.  She needs more work that will challenge her or she needs to be able to walk around.
2. It's the end of the year.  Without fail, my ADHD kid became a "problem child" around this time of year.  There's lots of sitting around time, kids want to go outside and play, they are done with sitting in one place all the time.  It's gotten better since being medicated, and you can probably grin and bear it for a while more as long as her self-esteem isn't plummeting due to the teachers constantly calling her out.
3. TKD - is known as a sport that is good for kids with ADHD because it gives them tools to help them focus, and all TKD dojos I know teach the importance of NOT using your skills except on the mat.  You need to find a good dojo though that can deal with these kids without shaming them.  Many dojos operate on a shaming system that does not mesh well with ADHD.[/quote]

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